(2020-06-08). Russian Diplomats Expelled from Czechia Because of Likely Fake News Story. globalresearch.ca The secret services of Czechia had first informed its government in April that it had damning evidence against two Russian diplomats in the country that would warrant their expulsion. It was alleged, without any evidence given publicly, that Russian diplomats …
(2020-06-08). The Victims of MH17 Deserve More than the Shoddy Lies Perpetrated by Politicians and Media. dissidentvoice.org The ABCs Insider program broadcast each Sunday morning is one of the ABCs most watched and most important programs. The three guests are drawn from the country's mainstream media outlets. This is perhaps itself a limitation considering the broad range and frequently high standards of much political analysis in the country are non-mainstream outlets. The …
(2020-06-07). Shocker: US state propaganda outlets censor Black Lives Matter protests. thegrayzone.com It's hard for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty to sell the USA as a shining example of civil liberties…
(2020-06-07). WOLA: Media's 'Left' Source for Pro-Coup Propaganda in Venezuela. zcomm.org The US blockade is a naked expression of imperial might, which WOLA and other Western propaganda amplifiers hide behind empty rhetoric about "democracy" and "human rights."
(2020-06-07). Israeli Troops Demolish Palestinian-owned Stands at Qalandia Checkpoint. imemc.org Israeli Troops reportedly knocked down, on Sunday, several Palestinian-owned grocery stands near the Israeli-controlled Qalandia checkpoint, to the north of internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem. Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that an Israeli army bulldozer began knocking down the stands, owned by vendors and some other small commercial outlets, abruptly …
(2020-06-06). "I Can't Breathe" The George Floyd Protests with the Blacktivist Des Mims; Rev. Wanika K. Stephens and Kulwa Apara | Along the Line Ep.92. projectcensored.org On today's episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon explore George Floyd protests with the Blacktivist Des Mims; Rev. Wanika K. Stephens and Kulwa Apara, Along The…
(2020-06-06). [Clinical Picture] Neuropathy, encephalopathy, status epilepticus, and acute intermittent porphyria. thelancet.com A 23-year-old man was admitted to our hospital in status epilepticus—he had been having repeated episodes of generalised tonic-clonic seizures without gaining consciousness between them. He was in a wheelchair. He was intubated and the seizures were controlled with midazolam and he was then transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU). On examination his blood pressure (BP) was 220/110 mm Hg, and his heart rate was 120 beats per min. He was given labetalol and his blood pressure lowered.
(2020-06-06). German Official Leaks Report Denouncing Corona as 'A Global False Alarm'. globalresearch.ca Germany's federal government and mainstream media are engaged in damage control after a
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(2020-06-05). HBO's Foray into Fake News Amounts to Little More Than Corporate News Propaganda "After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News" projectcensored.org A documentary film review by Nolan Higdon HBO's After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News benefits from strong storytelling but falls short of addressing the central problems associated…
(2020-06-05). First Person: Countering COVID-19 misinformation in Venezuela. news.un.org The virus of false information and fake news which has proliferated globally as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, has not spared the crisis-wracked South American country, Venezuela. But the United Nations there is countering the misinformation by making sure that Venezuelans receive trustworthy and reliable information about the deadly virus.
(2020-06-05). Smartphone Cameras Are The Windows Into Society's Soul. thealtworld.com In ages past we knew hardly anything about what was going on in a given civilization. Mythology about a population's history were handed down around campfires in the form of verbal tradition from generation to generation. When the written word came around we invented something called "history", which was really just records of the ancient propaganda from whoever happened to have won the most recent war. Then later on we got very clever and invented something called "journalism", which was really just whatever stories the people who controlled the media wanted told. | None of these presentations were particularly…
(2020-06-05). Stunning Economic Implosion. dissidentvoice.org The inability of the outdated capitalist economic system to provide for the needs of the people and to sustain itself has been exposed repeatedly throughout history. However, 2020 is revealing just how grave and profound the failures and dangers of this exhausted system of advanced commodity production are. Even mainstream news sources cannot prettify the …
(2020-06-07). Censorship: Its Central Role in a Multi-Party Dictatorship. strategic-culture.org A friend happens to run a web-archiving service and has been coming under intense pressure to remove allegedly "false" Web-pages from his archive's records. This would be censorship by that Web-archive. I sent him this note arguing that he should not: | Once you get into doing that, you will lose all credibility yourself. | Right now, your credibility is that you censor nothing. Censoring is not your function. If you start to censor, then you will be taking sides in partisan conflicts. That's for others to do — NEVER a Web-archive, because then it's a selective Web-archive, and that means untrustworthy AS a…
(2020-06-07). FBI Launches Open Attack on 'Foreign' Alternative Media Outlets Challenging U.S. Foreign Policy. strategic-culture.org Thus the question of "attribution" has become the FBI's key lever for censoring alternative media that publishes critical content on U.S. foreign policy, or which attacks mainstream and corporate media narratives. If an outlet can be somehow linked to a foreign adversary, removing it from online platforms is fair game for the feds.
(2020-06-06). Trump Can Save Rioting America by Doing Nothing. strategic-culture.org Right now, across the USA there are either mass protests or mass riots depending on whom you ask and as usual the Punditry and Mainstream Media are doing their best to make this seem like an isolated, never before seen event on American soil. But, it seems like it was only yesterday when the Ferguson Riots/Unrest were going to be doomsday for the USA. And before that the LA riots were the sign of the Apocalypse, and so on. No matter what the talking heads tell you, the United States has seen this type of chaos many times. But President Donald Trump himself has not, for him this is a virgin experience and so far h…
(2020-06-05). The Revolution the U.S. Needs Will Not Be Televised. strategic-culture.org When Gil Scott-Heron released the iconic song it was a cry for racial justice. But it was far deeper than that. Because Scott-Heron spoke the truth that media was subordinate to power. | That's why he knew the revolution he spoke of would never be on television, the most powerful form of media in the world at the time. Controlled by very few because technology had not transformed communication, corporate media crafted whatever narratives it and those it was subordinate to wanted. | And those narratives are always sick, divisive and foremost fake. | Today social media companies are supposed to act as democratized…
(2020-06-08). Protest and March at 24th and Mission, One of Many. indybay.org Refuse Fascism holds large rally and march in Mission District as Fascism become mainstream threat.
(2020-06-06). The arrests of officers in the George Floyd murder is part of pacification campaign. indybay.org What we have been seeing the last couple days is the beginning of a pacification campaign. Police violence is growing an uncontrollable and leaderless movement and now that the rabbit has the gun, the state is working on overdrive to pacify a popular rebellion before it creates space for substantial change. This campaign is layered and we must pay attention as:…
(2020-06-07). 'You talk like Goebbels': Global Times editor-in-chief shoots back at Pompeo's parallels between China & Nazi Germany. rt.com The editor-in-chief of a major Chinese tabloid slammed Mike Pompeo for comparing his country to Nazi Germany, likening his words to those of Hitler's propaganda chief and reminding the secretary of state of America's endless wars. | Hu Xijin took to Twitter on Sunday venting his anger about Mike Pompeo's remarks. | "You are inciting radical hostility and ripping the world apart. You aren't like a top diplomat, instead, you talk like Goebbels of Nazi Germany. I'm worried that world peace will eventually be destroyed by extreme politicians like you," he wrote. | You are inciting radical hostility and ripping the…
(2020-06-06). US corporate media act as 'mouthpieces of intelligence services' on foreign policy & national security — ex-WSJ journalist to RT. rt.com American private media often "launder" misinformation fed by the secret services, while politicians pressure Facebook to act as its proxy against foreign outlets, author and former Wall Street Journal reporter Joe Lauria told RT. | "Private corporate media, on their foreign policy and national security reporting, are virtually mouthpieces of the intelligence services," Lauria told RT. | They launder misinformation and disinformation from the intelligence services in the US, which gains credibility if you read it in the New York Times and not directly from the CIA. They have a state function as well even if the…
(2020-06-05). Paris denies that Guaido is hiding in French Embassy in Caracas as Venezuela demands he be handed over. rt.com France has rejected allegations that Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has been holed up inside the nation's diplomatic mission in Caracas. Venezuelan authorities earlier labeled Guaido a "fugitive from justice." | "Juan Guaido is not at the French residence in Caracas. We have repeatedly confirmed this to the Venezuelan authorities," French Foreign Ministry spokesperson Agnes von der Muhll said. | Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza earlier claimed that Guaido, who was named 'interim president' by the opposition-controlled parliament last year, has been hiding inside the French Embassy, and deman…
(2020-06-05). China urges Facebook to drop 'ideological bias' after it slaps warning labels on 'state-controlled media' pages. rt.com The Chinese government has accused Facebook of "ideological bias" after the social media giant announced plans to put warning labels on Chinese "state-controlled" media pages including Xinhua and CCTV. | The Chinese news agency and TV channel are among the outlets which Facebook has designated as "wholly or partially under editorial control of a state", based on the opinion of unnamed experts. Beijing criticized the change on Friday, saying social media platforms should not create obstacles for traditional media. | "We hope that the relevant social media platform can put aside the ideological bias and hold an…
(2020-06-05). Trump campaign blasts Twitter for CENSORSHIP as George Floyd clip taken down due to copyright claim. rt.com US President Donald Trump's campaign team slammed Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey for "censoring" its video, made amid the police brutality protests and unrest across American cities. | The clip, titled 'Healing, Not Hatred', was posted on Twitter on Thursday, but has been taken down due to what appears to be an unspecified copyright claim. | Twitter and The…
(2020-06-05). 'Anyone with a pulse': Trump offers endorsement AGAINST Alaska GOP senator Murkowski after she praises Mattis. rt.com US President Donald Trump says he'll campaign for anyone who challenges Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) after she endorsed an angry diatribe by his former secretary of defense comparing the president to Nazis. | "Few people know where they'll be in two years from now, but I do, in the Great State of Alaska (which I love) campaigning against Senator Lisa Murkowski," Trump tweeted on Thursday evening. "Get any candidate ready, good or bad, I don't care, I'm endorsing. If you have a pulse, I'm with you!" …Unrelated, I gave Alaska ANWR, major highways, and more. Get any candidate ready, good or bad, I don't…